Mount Vernon City Judge candidate Nichelle Johnson, who lost the Democratic primary race by 146 votes, has not conceded the race. Johnson, who lost to incumbent Helen Blackwood, said Wednesday she was waiting for the results of a recanvass by the county Board of Elections, which is done for all the races before results are [...]

The busy Democratic primary for Mount Vernon City Council is shaping up to be no primary at all. Yesterday, the state Court of Appeals refused to hear a case by council candidates Sam Rivers and Michelle Walker, who were ousted from the Democratic ballot last week. A judge had ruled last week that their petitions [...]

Mount Vernon candidate Samuel Rivers should pull out of the race for City Council following allegations that he was found drunk with a gun poking out of his waistband, Councilman Marcus Griffith said today. Read more about the incident here.

Griffith, who is running for City Comptroller, held a press conference today calling for Rivers to [...]

The Mount Vernon Democratic City Committee made a basic mistake on their petition and got their four candidates for City Council booted off the ballot.

They made this mistake even though the county’s Democratic election commissioner serves as vice-chair of  that very committee. Commissioner Reginald LaFayette then later had to issue a ruling against his own [...]

Mount Vernon City Council candidate Samuel Rivers said he was mistaken when he asked for up to $10,000 in campaign contributions on an invitation for his Aug. 6 campaign fundraiser. The invitation for the fundraiser at Ciao Restaurant in Eastchester had several levels of sponsorship, including $99 for copper; $250 for bronze; $500 for silver; [...]

Deveraux Cannick, chairman of the Mount Vernon Democratic City Committee, issued this statement last night about the county Board of Elections ruling that knocked the committee’s four city council candidates off the ballot. Here it is:

Mount Vernon, NY — Unfortunately the Westchester County Board of Elections determined that our candidates should not be on the [...]

Four candidates for city council in Mount Vernon who were endorsed by the Democratic City Committee have been all been kicked off the primary ballot. Eileen Justino, Jennifer “Anne” Sampson, Debra Stern and Collie Nathan Edwers were dropped from the ballot because of a mistake in the party’s petition.

The Westchester County Board of Elections ruled [...]

On Sunday, The Journal News took a look at campaign accounts for candidates seeking  the Democratic line in Mount Vernon city races. Candidates who raised money from Jan. 11 to July 11 or who carried over money from a previous election were required to file financial reports with the state Board of Elections last week.

Here [...]

Janet DiFiore, who is seeking re-election as Westchester County District Attorney, chided aspiring Mount Vernon City Council candidate Samuel Rivers for his comments about her yesterday. Rivers said the city’s Democratic committee was wrong to endorse DiFiore over Democratic challenger Tony Castro. 

DiFiore issued this statement today: “Mr. Rivers seriously misjudges the integrity and intelligence [...]

Mount Vernon City Council hopeful Samuel Rivers claimed he has filed more than twice the number of petitions than the entire Democratic party slate, and will make that announcement at a press conference tomorrow in front of the county Board of Elections at 11 a.m. Today was the last day for filing petitions at the [...]